My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.

God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.

Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.

Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.

The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.

Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words.

Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that have received-only what you have given.

He who knoweth his own self, knoweth God.

I'm normally not a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me Superman.

Fearlessness is a result of faith in oneself and faith in God.

Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.

Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.

I find distasteful the traditional idea of Christianity which preaches the resurrection of the body. Frankly, I see my body as more of a limitation than a virtue, and I will be glad to be free of it rather than having to continue to cart it around. I prefer to believe that souls can exist independently from bodies.

There is a polish for everything that takes away rust, and the polish for the heart is the remembrance of God.

Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.

There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.

God has no religion.

To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.

Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.